Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

General references

Bible References

Sanctify

Joel 1:14
Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
1 Kings 21:9
In the letters, she wrote:

Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.
2 Kings 10:20
Jehu commanded, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they called one.
Jeremiah 36:9
In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people of Jerusalem and all those coming in from Judah’s cities into Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.

General references

Numbers 10:3
When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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